i want to be alive



i want to feel alive
i want to kiss you
i want to be alive
i want to kiss you

my desire surrounds me
like a wild serenade my
desire surrounds me like
a house of smoke

my desire peppers my days
with oddities and such
shivering details that

i have to look away

i want to be alive
and to kiss you inside
of all the smoke and
odd wisdom a kiss
finally

gives